WE WOULD LIKE TO DECLARE THE OLIVE BRANCH PETITION.
I WOULD HAVE TO DECLINE.
THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA: A TURNING POINT
HELP FROM ABROAD
By July 1775, moderates in Congress draft the Olive Branch petition, asking the king to restore peace. - the King declined.
Americans had lost every single war. October 1775, Battle of Saratoga, the European nations decided to help Americans in its struggle for indepence.
France began to Aid American in 1777. France also convinces Spain to join and help the Americans as well.